#embellish

You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. ↗

— Eugene H. Peterson

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But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past. ↗

— Donna Rice

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